Street-car.



M. SLOAN.

STREET GAR.

APPLIOATION FILED .nurA 16, 190eA 951,661.,` 15 l' /Z Patenavmanmgw.

, oniTEn sTATEs PATENT onirica.. j

i HARRY' M. SLOAN, OFCEICAGO, ILLINOIS. i l

STREET-cen.

v ful Improvements Lin Street-Cars, of which movements vof the Y rect1onof the'con uctor as will avoid con the followingv is a speciication.

My 'nvention relates to improvements -in street cars, and has for its general object toy provide' a construction to facilitate the 'handling of passen ers and the conductors workof collecting ares.

, One of the objects of my invention is, to.

provide a car so constructed that the exit passa e from the car intended only for the use o persons leaving` the car may be eifecti ively guarded and controlled byy the .con-f ductor from a stationA at a suitable point, upon the platform, and which will suitably uard the exit passage against use by entering, passengers and yet will permit of .such

assengers under the difusion and delay. v

-In the drawing, Figure 1 is a horizontal section through the rear end ofthe car, showing'an' embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing my invention embodied in a modified formgflig.` 3 is avertical section showing the foot lever for controlling the exit closure; Fig. 4 is a plan view of mechanism4 for connection with the parts shown in Fig. 3 to control the gates, asshown in Fig. l, and; Fig.l 5 is a similar view showin mechanism kfor moving a gate,

as illustrate .in Fig. 2.'

Throughout said figures reference refer alwaysto like parts.

In general the car 1s structurally divided into two communicating compartments, pref erably with means for cutting oif the co1nmunication at will. In the drawing 10indica`tes car body constituting one compartment, and 11 the rear platform of the car constituting another compartment, which may be and4 preferably is of somewhat larger size than as customarily been provided in street cars` heretofore. Y u

12 "and `13"indicate respeActively individually shiftable doors or barriers'f'or separate exit and entranceopenings 'or doorways, 12 and 13, in the end wall, between the car` and platform, co1npartments. Said openings or. doorways 12 and 13'are preferably at opposite sides' of thecar, with the exit doorlway Speeication o! Letters Patent. Application med January ie, 190s. seria; naanpsa like numerals of` in general a' on the side of the platform nearest the car step, which is indicated at 14. Thes ace openin from the. step lto the car plat orm is divi ed into separate immediately contiguous exit and entrance openings `15 and 16 respectively adjacent to and remote from the end of the car body, such separation being` effected by an upright post 17, preferably located on the step or the edge of the platform.

. Upon the platform preferably in the space immediately in rear of the body of the car between the exit and entrance door-ways 12 and 13 I provide a conductors station, or s ace, segregated to a suitable extent from lt e balance of the `space of the platform, as forinstance by a transverse railing or bar-' rier 18, substantially laterallyl coextensive with the space between the passageways so that passengers entering through the opening 16 andn passing to the door-way V13 of the car body must pass by the" conductors station where their fares may be collected.

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For controllin the exit-o ening 16 to the.

ground, I provi e means or closing such opening operable from the conductors station, and arrange' such closln means 1n such portion thereof constitutes partofthe arrangement for directing the passengers in pro erpaths ofexit and entrance,but"yet swing inward, and the latter upon a post 22 set adjacent the corner of the car body to swing outward. The conductors station railing 18 isupreferably located near thel transverse line of the post 17,V and ,the closure or barrier 2Q when swung inward to position at ysubstantially right anglesk with the edgeof the car, forms a barrier 18 and post 17, so that it `serves as an aid to directing ythe passengers either entering or leaving the car in the proper pathintended for their use, but without entirely closin' e post 1%,

par# tially spanning the space between the rail 'manner that when opened t e closure or a.

l.pre erably in such manner as tonotinterthe space` between the `rail`18` and"` so that any passenger desiring to get frqm the entrance ath into the exit path, or

viceversa, may o 'so by .passing close to the conductors station, where his movements may easily `be directed by the con# vductor in a way which will best subserve the rapid handling of the other passengers. Thus the gate I constitutes a barriermeans for temporarily establishing paths onl the platform. leading from the respective side ingress and egress passageways to the corresponding passageways to the body,..as well as a means forv obstructing-the side egress passageway.

For effecting `the desired movements `of gates 20and 21,' I show simple mechanism, comprisinga centrally pivoted lever 24, having one end connected by'link 25 with any arm 26 movable with the closure 20, and

its other extremity` connected by a link 27 to thefarm 28, movable with the other closure 21,' one side of the lever k24 being connected b a link 29with a bell crank lever 30 mount below the conductors station, normally held by spring 31 and depressible by a treadlek32,arranged within the confines of the conductors station. Depression of `=nieaiisl for obstruct treadle` 32 rocks the bellcrank lever 30 exerting a' ull on the rod 29 which turns the lever 24 o position shown in dotted lines in- Fig.- 4, throwing the gate 21 outward.and the gate 20 inward, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. V1. e, 1

For some pur ose itv is desirable to eniploy. only a sing e gate, as shown at 20 in Fig.' 2 'and under 'such conditions the'means l .for movi the gate inward may be emf. `bodied ass own in Fig. 5, the lever 24 being pivoted at one end and atthe other .end connected by link 25 with the movingl arm 26 of the gate 20,said lever 24 being connected tolmk 29 forcontrol by the treadle 32 audits bell crank connections as' heretofore described." While I have herein described in some de tail a s ecifie'embodiment of my invention.

it will apparentthat changes Iin the specitic construction may be ma e without departiire from'the spirit and scope of my in vention. i

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pats ent, is;

1. In vail-car, a platform having independ-A ent 'entrance 'and exit openings to the ground, a railing. dividing .a `conductors platform nearfthe transverse center of the platform from the. balance thereof, and a closure forthe opening to the ground near= est the car body, arranged when opened to stand with its free'edge-inward toward the railiiglof the condiictors station.

2. a caiga plat-form' having. separate entranceantl .exit openings' tothe ground,

' that one of said openy of the car, compris mgs'adjacent' the bo aV gate arranged to' swing inwardly when open. and means dividing a conclue` "ductors station near the pendent passage-ways lea one of said compartments entrance and exit'openings tothe ground` 80 a closure for the exit opening to the ground arranged to swing inward, a railing separatingfrom the balance ofthe platform a conbody of the car. said railing bein sufficiently remote from thtl path of trav of said closure to leave a space between said vrail and closure when the closure is open, and means for opening Ythe door arranged for operation from the conductoi-s station.

5. In a car, a platform having separato entrance and exit openings to the ground. the exit opening being adjacent the body of the cai', two gates for closing said exit opening pivoted at opposite sides thereof, and arranged one to swing inward and the other to` swing outward, the inwardly swinging gate being the farthest from the car body.

.and means accessible from the platform for )pening the gates.

VIn acar, a platform having separate entrance and exit openings to the round` the exit opening being 'adjacent the ody of the car, two gates. closing said exit opening pivoted at opposite sides thereof, and ar-y ranged one to swing inward and the other t swingloutward, the inwardly swinging gate beingthat farthest from the car body, and means accessible from the platform for voperating said gate, and a transverse railing adjacent the transverse line ofl separation of the openings to the ground, partially separating from the balance of the platfor i a conductors station. l

7. A car havin two compartments, individually shiftabe barriers between said compartments, means above the floor of one of said compartments to irovide two indeing -to one side of and also adapted to provide an obstruction for one of said 'passageway'.s, substantially as set4 forth.

8. A car structurally divided above its .floor into two compartments, means provid ing two independent passageways between said two compartments, means providing twoindependent side openings from one of said compartments, anda movableobstruction forl one of said openings, arranged to swing inward to temporarily establish two rsanear i independent passa-ges on the platform 'leading respectively from the two side openings toward the corresponding passageways between the compartments.- i y K 9. A c ar providing a body and a platform `liavimp, communication through two sepa,-

rated ingress and egress passageways, said platform having two independent ingress and egress passagewaystherefrom to the street, and means for obstructing one said passageway to thestreet, movable, in opening said passageway, into osition to constitute a .temporary means or se arating in part two paths on the platform etween the respective inlet passageways and outlet passageways. i i

10. A car having'two compartments, means above the floors of said compartments pro- 'viding two independent passageways between the compartments, means at one side of the car providing independent passageways from lthe street. to one compartment, and movable barrier-means controlling .one of said passgeways. to the street, arranged to swing inward,- and arranged when open to be s aced apart from the first said means.

11. n a car, the -combination with the body and the end platform, of a rail extendf ing upon the platform, contiguous to the body, there being lateralll Aseparate ingress ande ess 'passageways'- etween the body and p atform onopposlte sides of the rail,

and separated 4ingress and egress 'passageways from the platform to the street; and a barrier for one of said passageways, to the street, movable inwardly in opening to coact with the rail on the platform to. temporarily separate in'part paths connecting the ingressv passageways and egress passageways respectively.

12. In a car, the combination with the v body and the end platform, of a rail extending upon the platform, contiguous to the body, therebeing laterall separate ingress and egress passageways ve'tween the bod and p -'and separated ingress and egress passageways from the platform tothe street; and a barrier for one of said passageways, to the street, movable inwardly in closing to coact` 4with the rail on the platform to temporarily separate in part paths connecting the ingressl passageways andegress'passageways respectively,said barrier,-wh`en.open, being spaced apart from the rail sufficient to permit passage of persons from the one path to the other.

13. Ina car, a platform, a body, and means for defining separate ingress and egress paths -fromlan edge of the platform to the bodyof thecar comprising a transverse barrierpermanently located upon the platform, anda atform on opposite sides ofthe rai swinging barrier at the edge of the platform, arranged when moved to one position to obstruct one of the paths and when moved to another position to coact with the permanent barrier to form in effect a continuation thereof-to separatesaid aths.

14. In a car, a bo y, a platform, and means for defining separate ingress and egress paths from a side edge of the platform to the body of the car comprising a barrier at an edge of vthe car movable from p osition to obstruct one of the paths to position separating said paths in part.; and another barrier for coaction with the first having a part transverse to the car to form in eHect a continuation of said first barrier, furtherto separate said paths in another part.

15. In a 'car providing a body and a platform, the latter havin'ga side opening, means dividing the side opening into two immediately vcontiguous. passageways between the latform and street, a barrieron the platorm relativelyremote from the said dividing means, partially segregating from the balance of the platform a conductors staartially segregating from the and the street 5' and means for operating said barrier accessible from the conductors station, comprising a prime mover at the conductors'station, and operative connections between said prime mover and the said-movable barrier verticall removed from the passage space of the p atform.

17. In a car, ,a platform, a plurality of barrier-means positioned c ombinatively to t define separate areas on the platform for incoming and outgoing passengers, and 4defin- Ing a conductor sjstatlon out of both said areaaaml` means accessible from the conductors station for moving one of sa1d barriers to and from its position of coaction Y vwith thp remaining barrier-means. 4 Y Y In testimony whereof I hereunto set lmy hand in the presence of two witnesses'.

y HARRYM. SLOAN. In the presence of Gao. T. MAY, Jr., MARY F. ALLEN.. 

